>cars that can go twice as fast as the speed limits

Which speed limits? is 60kph too much?

This is one of the most asinine takes and comparisons I've seen.

And technology is most certainly not harmless, as I'm sure every reader of this website knows.

More likely 130kph, in most countries this is the upper limit on the highways and you effectively have no public areas in the country with higher limit. So the OP is kinda right with their take.